As the Miss International 2017 pageant is about to conclude, pageant fans are anxious as to whether or not Philippines through its bet Mariel de Leon -- daughter of showbiz personalities Christopher de Leon and Sandy Andolong -- would break the No-Back-to-Back-Crown history of Miss International. All the other Big Four pageants (Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss Earth) have already marked a back-to-back placement in the past.
The closest feat that a country has made towards getting a back-to-back-crown placement was in 2011 when Venezuela's Jessica Barboza placed First Runner Up to the eventual winner Fernanda Cornejo of Ecuador crowned by Miss International 2010 Elizabeth Mosquera of Venezuela.
It should be noted that it was also the last time a winning country placed on the subsequent year. From 2012 to 2016, no winning country has ever placed in the Top 15 the next year, regardless of how stellar their representatives are in the pre-pageant activities.
Going back to Mariel de Leon as the Philippine representative to the Miss International 2017 pageant, the pressure is on her not really on winning a back-to-back crown but on simply making it to the Top 15. The same curse that Denille Lou Valmonte (2006), and Bianca Guidotti (2014) weren't able to break.
